Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Syrian men arrested in Goa, India

Syrian national held for overstaying in Goa

Panaji: In a late
development, police on Tuesday arrested Syrian national Mahmoud Qusay,
28, who was found overstaying in Goa for a year, after expiry of his
visa. Police sources said that Qusay, who was picked up from a casino,
late on Monday night, was remanded to seven days in police custody.
"He has been arrested under relevant sections of the Foreigner's
Act,a police said. Qusay, according to Inspector General of Police Sunil
Garg, was picked up from the casino and was being questioned for
several hours, about his illegal stay in Goa.

"Our police team picked him up from an offshore casino last night
after receiving information that he was overstaying in India after
expiry of his visa. We have detained him and he is being questioned by
police and agencies," Garg had said earlier on Tuesday.

Qusay is the second Syrian national who has been arrested for
overstaying in Goa, where the police are on high-alert for the last two
weeks, after a post card with the letters ISIS, was received by the
State Secretariat, which threatened Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with dire consequences because of their
alleged anti-beef policies.

Less than a week ago, yet another Syrian national, Mussa Alareef, was
quizzed by officials of the Porvorim police station for overstaying. Meanwhile it has been revealed that the alleged ISIS terrorists of Junood-ul-Khalifa-e-Hind had planned to target Goa, a magnet for Israeli and Western tourists.